India - Land under cereal production

Land under cereal production (hectares)

The value for Land under cereal production (hectares) in India was 92,610,000 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 106,613,200 in 1983 and a minimum value of 92,239,000 in 1961.

Definition: Land under cereal production refers to harvested area, although some countries report only sown or cultivated area. Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year	Value
1961	92,239,000
1962	93,852,000
1963	93,571,000
1964	94,306,000
1965	93,277,000
1966	92,729,800
1967	96,062,000
1968	98,822,900
1969	100,872,600
1970	100,377,000
1971	99,673,100
1972	98,043,800
1973	103,788,900
1974	99,388,700
1975	101,366,900
1976	101,465,100
1977	103,723,600
1978	104,340,000
1979	103,473,300
1980	104,067,000
1981	105,508,300
1982	101,083,700
1983	106,613,200
1984	105,175,600
1985	104,056,600
1986	104,049,200
1987	98,573,600
1988	103,542,700
1989	104,055,700
1990	102,536,500
1991	100,243,400
1992	99,499,500
1993	100,066,500
1994	100,184,200
1995	99,450,800
1996	100,300,000
1997	100,167,200
1998	100,904,200
1999	102,091,700
2000	102,402,400
2001	100,271,100
2002	94,470,900
2003	98,603,100
2004	97,805,700
2005	99,519,200
2006	99,236,800
2007	100,833,500
2008	100,112,800
2009	96,740,000
2010	92,610,000

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Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production